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Smithsonian builds up Hope for new setting
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Published: August 20, 2009
WASHINGTON - The Hope Diamond is going bare to celebrate a half-century at the Smithsonian.
The mysterious blue gem was donated to the National Museum of Natural History more than 50 years ago and the museum is celebrating by having a new setting designed.
Starting in September, the 45.52 carat diamond will be exhibited as a stand-alone gem with no setting.
New York jeweler Harry Winston donated the fabled diamond to the museum and his firm is designing three possible new settings.
The public is being invited to vote online for their favorite, at www.smithsonianchannel.com/hope. Voting began Wednesday.
The winning setting will be announced this fall, and the gem will be shown in the setting starting in May, to mark the premiere of a documentary on the diamond.
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